Ephesians

This morning our pastor started a series of sermons on the book of Ephesians in the Bible. He started today with an introduction to Ephesians chapters 1 & 2. I was encouraged by this because I've been desiring to memorize Ephesians 1 & 2 (ambitious?, probably--but well worth it). I didn't want to start memorizing it without understanding it. I want to give it the inflection and emotion it deserves. Today's morning sermon was a good start to studying Ephesians 1 & 2, and I was encouraged even further when we had home fellowship groups this evening and we continued discussing those two chapters. I look forward to knowing it more in the next few months.

I'll leave you with Ephesians 1: 1-6 (NKJV)

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints who are in Ephesus, and faithful in Christ Jesus:

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved.